All Films

The Messenger Boy's Mistake

1903 • 2 min • United States of America

"Cholly" wishes to call on his best girl and sends her a large bouquet. To find out if the girl really loves him, he sends a note with the messenger boy requesting her to "wear this" if she does. The boy delivers the note and a package which the young lady opens and finds an old pair of trousers and other masculine wearing apparel.

The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ

1903 • 45 min • France

The story of the life and passion of Jesus Christ, from the proclamation of his birth to his ascension into heaven.

The Kiddies' Cakewalk

1903 • 2 min • United Kingdom

The Mystical Flame

1903 • 2 min • France

A juggler enters upon the scene, picks up a skull, throws it into the air, catches it in his hands, where it is transformed into a handkerchief. The handkerchief, after being twirled about a wand, is changed to a napkin, and afterward to a tablecloth. Out of the table cloth comes a servant.

An Extraordinary Cab Accident

1903 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A man and a woman talk beside a street near a corner where a cop stands. Just as a horse-drawn cart rounds the corner, the man backs off the sidewalk saying good-by to his companion. The horse and cart flatten him and continue on, out of the camera's stationary range. The cop runs after the cab, the woman dashes to the body. The cop brings back the driver; is the victim dead?

Bloodhounds Tracking a Convict

1903 • 4 min • United Kingdom

A convict escapes from Portland Quarry and is caught in the woods by bloodhounds from Radnage kennels.

Hammerfest

1903 • 1 min • Norway, United Kingdom

A panorama shot of the Norwegian town and harbour of Hammerfest. Believed to be the earliest surviving film of Norway.

A Chess Dispute

1903 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A stationary camera looks on as two dapper gents play a game of chess. One drinks and smokes, and when he looks away, his opponent moves two pieces. A fight ensues, first with the squirting of a seltzer bottle, then with fisticuffs. The combatants wrestle each other to the floor and continue the fight out of the camera's view, hidden by the table. The waiter arrives to haul both of them out.

Coronation Durbar at Delhi

1903 • 2 min • United Kingdom

The Delhi Durbar

1903 • 4 min • United Kingdom

William Tell

1903 • 5 min • France

Historical legend composed of five Scenes. 1. William Tell's heroism. 2. The Plot. 3. The Apple. 4. Death of Gessler. 5. The Swiss cheer their Liberator. This popular and interesting legend takes place amidst the country life of the mountain populations. The beautiful and picturesque sites which exist in Switzerland have given us an opportunity of utilising the resources our theatre affords, and our scene-painters have been able to have a free run on their imaginations, and have completed the work by a series of magnificent scenes in the most artistic character.

Pocket Boxers

1903 • 1 min • United Kingdom

Two sports are seen drinking beer and arguing as to the qualities of certain prize fighters. They make a bet, and to prove it, each pulls his favorite pugilist from his pocket, and they set them on the table. A hot battle ensues, in which one of the midgets is knocked out. The sport whose favorite won the fight takes the money with a look of satisfaction, and replaces his man in his pocket. The loser looks very much disgusted as he picks up his man and puts him back in his pocket. Very mystifying.

The Haymarket

1903 • 5 min • United States of America

This is in every respect a stunning picture, though somewhat bohemian in subject. It depicts in six scenes, six lively hours at New York City's famous Tenderloin dance hall, "The Haymarket." In every particular the much talked-of resort is reproduced exactly. The interior and exterior are both shown as they are. The first scene shows the opening of the hall, with the sidewalk crowds of girls and men. The second is the dance, showing the various forms of the waltz in vogue in New York. Then comes a fight in the wine room, then the eviction of the riotous young men, and finally a boisterous can-can and a raid by the police.

Leeds Athletic and Cycling Club Carnival

1902 • 2 min • United Kingdom

Athletes and acrobats wow the crowds at the annual Cycling Club carnival.

Wexford Bull Ring

1902 • 2 min • United Kingdom

This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Champion Athletes at Birmingham

1902 • 7 min • United Kingdom

Crowds enjoying the spectacle at Birmingham Athletics Club.

Burnley v Manchester United

1902 • 2 min • United Kingdom

Believed to be the first film that features Manchester United in their first season as 'Manchester United', rather than 'Newton Heath' as they were known at the time.

Views of the Grand Parade, Cork

1902 • 2 min • United Kingdom

The pedestrians are either engrossed by the camera or dodging traffic in this busy thoroughfare in Cork. St Patrick Street buzzes with electric trams, introduced to the city in 1898. From another viewpoint in Grand Parade the camera captures an array of vehicles and activities, including street sweepers, bicycles, a steam roller and an eye-catching strand-off between a donkey and a tram.

Ride from Blarney to Cork on Cork and Muskerry Light Railway

1902 • 2 min • United Kingdom

Beginning with panoramic shots of the Colthurst estate and Blarney Castle – already a popular tourist attraction by the Edwardian era – this film takes a trip through County Cork via Leemount and Carrigrohane stations. It was filmed in late spring and shown at the Cork International Exhibition, which opened in May 1902. The light railway, which shared the road with other traffic, closed in 1934.

Two-Oared Boat Race, Sundays Well, Cork

1902 • 1 min • United Kingdom

This film was commissioned by influential fairground showman George Green (one of the first exhibitors to hire Mitchell & Kenyon) for his cinematographic show at the Cork International Exhibition 1902. It documents a boat race on a suburban section of the River Lee, though its vantage point also commands a magnificent view of the river and a picturesque Sunday's Well backdrop.

Rotherham Town v Thornhill

1902 • 2 min • United Kingdom

A ropey pitch and worse goalkeeping in a typical non-league football derby in Edwardian Yorkshire.

Congregation Leaving St. Patrick's Church in Cork

1902 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.

Albert Quay in Cork

1902 • 1 min • United Kingdom

A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.

Lord Mayor of Cork Arriving for Official Opening of Cork Exhibition

1902 • 1 min • United Kingdom

This is one of nine films in the Mitchell and Kenyon collection relating to this momentous exhibition, a key moment in Cork's early 20th century history. Highlights of the lavish pageantry include Lord Mayor Edward Fitzgerald, whose brainchild the exhibition was, and the pomp of the Royal Irish Constabulary, as well as the first lucky visitors to the newly opened exhibition grounds.